Overview of the events of 1670 in science
The year 1670 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Jean Picard calculates the Earth radius to within 0.44% of the modern value.[ 3]
Agostino Scilla publishes La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in Naples , arguing for an organic origin for fossils.[ 4]
^ "John Ray: Catalogus plantarum Angliae" . www.gla.ac.uk . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
^ "Lost Edinburgh: The Physic Garden" . Scotsman . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
^ Barentine, John C. (2015). The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore . Springer. p. 308. ISBN 9783319227955 .
^ "Scilla, Agostino, 1670, La Vana Speculazione. Engraved title page. :: Emblematic Science" . lhldigital.lindahall.org . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
^ Usry, Terri (2015). Antique Clocks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly . Lulu Press, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 9781329632738 .
^ "Maria Kirch – German astronomer" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
^ "The Galileo Project" . galileo.rice.edu . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .
^ "Niccolò Zucci – Italian astronomer" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved 5 April 2018 .